On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 10:33, <[email protected]> wrote: > > No Jonathan, the alternative to admin-only-editing is not full protection. Jay's original email refers to using this when there has been an edit war - in other words when full protection *is* used currently. > Semi-protection allows established users to edit an article. > Established users are not the same as sysops, therefore the rest of the > universe isn't non-sysops. > I'm not sure what makes one an "established user" exactly, but I'm one, and > I'm not an admin. > > I would vigorously oppose any attempt to extend yet more editing power to the > admin category. > Admins are primarily supposed to have powers that affect meta elements, not > the source text itself.? At least in a more perfect world. > > Will Johnson > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jonathan Hall <[email protected]> > To: English Wikipedia <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, Jul 23, 2009 12:49 am > Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] How wikipedia could link into File Protection. > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 19:57, <[email protected]> wrote: >> In a message dated 7/22/2009 7:01:10 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, >> [email protected] writes: >> >> OK - so ?I think a fair summary of this proposal (correct me if I'm wrong) >> is: >> We ?should create a group of experienced BLP editors (or similar) to >> edit a BLP ?that has been the subject of an edit war. The page would be >> protected from ?editing by other (non-sysop) users.>> >> >> Why do you say "non-sysop" ? ?Are you proposing this editing be ?limited to >> admins ? > I'm not proposing this - that email is just my summary of what Jay put > forward. > >> If so I'd vigorously oppose. > I have concerns about it too, but given that the alternative would > usually be full protection, it might be the lesser of two evils. >> >> Will Johnson >> >> >> **************What's for dinner tonight? ?Find quick and easy dinner ideas >> for any occasion. >> (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?ncid=emlcntusfood00000009) >> _______________________________________________ >> WikiEN-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l >> > > > > > -- > 1001010 1001000110000111011001101100 > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l >
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